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• COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES

  - 2006-01-24

  Statement of Gary Shapiro President & CEO, Consumers Electronics Association Committee on Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation January 24, 2006 On behalf of the Home Recording Rights Coalition and the Consumer Electronics Association, I appreciate the Committee`s invitation to appear today. At CEA, we have more than 2,000 members who...

  Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, FCC, Government, RIAA, satellite, Strategy, U.S. Congress

• PROTECTING DIGITAL BROADCAST CONTENT

  - 2005-11-04

  Statement of Michael Petricone Vice President, Government Affairs Consumer Electronics Association CEA Committee on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property November 3, 2005 On behalf of the Home Recording Rights Coalition and the Consumer Electronics Association, I greatly appreciate the subcommittee`s invitation to appear today. The...

  Tags: broadcasting, Consumer Electronics Association, FCC, Government, MARKETING, NETWORKING, radio, RIAA, satellite, Strategy, technology, U.S. Congress

• HRRC Concerned Over RIAA Statement Debunking Fair Use: FCC Filing Betrays Motive to Attack Reasonable and Customary Consumer Practices

  BNET - 2005-02-11

  The Home Recording Rights Coalition HRRC today expressed concern over the Recording Industry Association of America's RIAA assertion to the Federal Communications Commission that home recordings made from digital audio DAB broadcasts for personal, private non-commercial use are not protected against a claim of infringement by the fair use defense...

  Tags: FCC, RIAA, Consumer Electronics Association, Motive Inc., Attack, Federal Government, Government

• File-share snare.(Brief Article)

  - 2004-09-09

  Sep 09, 2004 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) The stoush over the online sharing of music files continues in the US. The FBI has raided five locations linked to a group known as the Underground Network. The Recording Industry Association of America has ...

  Tags: FBI, file-sharing, Government, Grokster Ltd., INTERNET, RIAA

• Top Billing

  - 2003-10-01

  Ten states?California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia?have enacted new laws that give broader authority to law enforcement officials to investigate potential cyberthreats and to create new definitions for criminal activity, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. All 50 states now have homeland...

  Tags: billing, Government, RIAA, SECURITY

• The Washington Times On Technology Column.

  - 2003-07-24

  By Fred Reed, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24--FREENET QUESTIONS REQUIRE ANSWER: The next phase has begun in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America and people who exchange music over the Internet. The implications for ...

  Tags: Government, INTERNET, music, RIAA

• The Pirates Among Us

  - 2003-04-15

  To this day, the CIO of a well-respected research organization in California has no idea how someone hacked into his company's computer systems and used them to store and transmit pirated movies and music. He's not even sure how the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA learned about the crime...

  Tags: CIO, entertainment, FBI, Government, INTERNET, MARKETING, MPAA, P2P, piracy, RIAA

• Recording Industry Groups Oppose U.S. Efforts to Curb Digital Piracy.

  - 2003-01-14

  By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--The music recording industry is set to break ranks with the motion picture business and declare its opposition to federal legislation that would force computer makers to build anticopying devices...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Business Software Alliance, computer, Government, Piracy, PRODUCTIVITY, RIAA

• Court dismisses digital millennium copyright case

  - 2002-03-01

  In November a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit over the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA filed by Princeton professor Edward Felten and his research team, who sought to have the law declared unconstitutional and to be granted immunity from prosecution under it. Felten, a professor of computer science, feared that...

  Tags: DMCA, Government, RIAA

• Digital Media Association (DiMA) Petitions Government To Issue Rulemaking On Music Programming Over The Internet

  - 1970-01-01

  The Digital Media Association ("DiMA"), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association of over 40 companies engaged in Internet multimedia activities, today petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office to issue a rulemaking on the licensing status of consumer-influenced music programming over the Internet. Over the past year,...

  Tags: government, INTERNET, music, petition, programming, RIAA, Webcast